Musings of an Idiot

High Tension

Doubt is man's great friend and any belief worth having should survive doubt. Over the past couple of days I have had serious doubts about film making and how I have simply started charting untested waters without keeping any part of me safely tucked away on the shore. I would be lying if I said that it is all good because the truth is that it is scary going through uncharted territory and finding things out as you go. But at the end of the day – what is really satisfying is that I am living life instead of playing it safe. Not that playing it safe is a bad thing – far from it, it has its high points that includes being responsible for people other than you, which you definitely can't do if you are a nomad . And in the end – it comes down to the individual themselves and I think I rather enjoy exploring the unknown and seeing where life leads me – after all this is the only life that I will get to live.

I watched a couple of good movies yesterday night and it feels good. The first one was 'Factotum' – which works because of Matt Dillon and is a gently paced exploration of a writer's struggles and journey in finding themselves (or losing themselves). The second movie was a French horror movie called 'High Tension' which was simply brilliant for 3/4th of it's running time before taking an unexpected turn which kind of dilutes the impact of the overall movie a bit. It keeps you on the hook all the time and the sound design on the movie is fantastic.

The sluggishness and the dizziness I had over the past couple of days are gone. I think it was definitely food poisoning of some sort. I will start work on the rough cut from Monday and hope to tighten the cut. We still have a couple of pickup shots and a scene to film – which we will try and film over the next couple of weeks.

Till later,
Amit

Labels: Introspection, Movies

posted by Amit @ 9:07 PM